Undertakings!

I was planning to write something for number of days but could not start anything. There are many topics now all in one small basket. The President said that he has been getting hard time but knockout punch will be from his side. I wanted to say that instead of thinking anything about the country he still aims at winning his personal fight. Then he said that he will act in accordance with the law and I wanted to ask him which law he was referring to. After the Supreme Court’s decision and Mr. Nawaz Sharif’s announcement to come back his beloved Minister for Information Mr. Durrani was quoted saying that Mr. Sharif should abide by his undertaking.

I was not there to ask Mr. Durrani which under taking he was talking about. Can he say same to the President? He was the one who joined Pakistan Army by giving an undertaking that he will serve and protect the country and never get involved in politics. If it is outdated now, then can anyone remind him of his undertaking to quit uniform some time ago? Can anyone tell him that the President gives an undertaking that he will not belong to any party and in yesterday’s news paper he was shown supporting Qaid’s Muslim League.

What made me to write all this? I along with my brother and a cousin today morning went to Islamabad Airport. I was to leave; we decided not to park and only get dropped in the drop lane. After security check we were stopped and asked if how many of us would be travelling, we said one person, we were asked to pay Rs. 20 for the additional person we had in our car other than the driver. Although we were not going to park but we had to pay. Even if we were going to park and pay the parking fee then what was this Jagga Tax of Rs. 20 per person except driver and airplane passenger? I never saw such a thing at any other place. I asked the guy and he said that his company got the contract and gave an undertaking to charge this money from every one! Either this type of actions are helping our president to be proud of national wealth or it is helping to limit number of visitors especially people from villages coming to see off or receive their friends and families after Umra or Hajj or even from a foreign trip, this was not in accordance with any rule of business because you were not offering anything in return to the person you were charging!